
Directing
P.V. Lehtinen
Born
1969-06-16 (57)
Place of birth
Helsinki, Finland
Known for
Directing
Credits
40 titles
PV Lehtinen was born in Helsinki, Finland. He is internationally acclaimed short film director, writer and producer. His international breakthrough was short film The Diver (Hyppääjä, 2000), which made history at the Tampere International Short Film Festival by winning the Grand Prix and four other prizes. In one way or another, many of his films involve the element of water, which he feels is an extremely interesting visual element.
Known for
NRCountry boy Oskari travels with his mother to the city. There he meets his superhero. However, all is not quite as seven-year-old Oskari imagined. He is faced with a difficult choice. Superhero is dark-skinned and doesn´t look like the action figure he owns.
My Superhero
2010
8.0A visual and delicately poetic story about the relationship between a swimmer and water. A young competitive swimmer meets the world's fastest woman swimmer in her dreams and races her.
The Crawl
2005
10.0Boy and girl trespassing to an outside pool at night.
Nightswims
2024
NRA quiet and clumsy Eki works at the shipyard and wants to be like his masculine and outspoken co-workers. To become a real man, he needs some tattoos. A real ones.
Skin Deep
1998
NRThe owner of a remote gas station and a small time crook cross paths on one hot summer's day.
Losers
1995
NRA meditative journey to an oasis that a bunch of people consider their second home, where they return each summer.
Keidas
2007
Behind the camera
NRCountry boy Oskari travels with his mother to the city. There he meets his superhero. However, all is not quite as seven-year-old Oskari imagined. He is faced with a difficult choice. Superhero is dark-skinned and doesn´t look like the action figure he owns.
My Superhero
2010
NRCountry boy Oskari travels with his mother to the city. There he meets his superhero. However, all is not quite as seven-year-old Oskari imagined. He is faced with a difficult choice. Superhero is dark-skinned and doesn´t look like the action figure he owns.
My Superhero
2010
NRCountry boy Oskari travels with his mother to the city. There he meets his superhero. However, all is not quite as seven-year-old Oskari imagined. He is faced with a difficult choice. Superhero is dark-skinned and doesn´t look like the action figure he owns.
My Superhero
2010
8.0A visual and delicately poetic story about the relationship between a swimmer and water. A young competitive swimmer meets the world's fastest woman swimmer in her dreams and races her.
The Crawl
2005
8.0A visual and delicately poetic story about the relationship between a swimmer and water. A young competitive swimmer meets the world's fastest woman swimmer in her dreams and races her.
The Crawl
2005
10.0Boy and girl trespassing to an outside pool at night.
Nightswims
2024
10.0Boy and girl trespassing to an outside pool at night.
Nightswims
2024
10.0Boy and girl trespassing to an outside pool at night.
Nightswims
2024
NRA quiet and clumsy Eki works at the shipyard and wants to be like his masculine and outspoken co-workers. To become a real man, he needs some tattoos. A real ones.
Skin Deep
1998
NRA quiet and clumsy Eki works at the shipyard and wants to be like his masculine and outspoken co-workers. To become a real man, he needs some tattoos. A real ones.
Skin Deep
1998
NRThe owner of a remote gas station and a small time crook cross paths on one hot summer's day.
Losers
1995
NRThe owner of a remote gas station and a small time crook cross paths on one hot summer's day.
Losers
1995
NRA meditative journey to an oasis that a bunch of people consider their second home, where they return each summer.
Keidas
2007
NRA meditative journey to an oasis that a bunch of people consider their second home, where they return each summer.
Keidas
2007
NRA meditative journey to an oasis that a bunch of people consider their second home, where they return each summer.
Keidas
2007
8.0A sensitive short film about a first kiss. It is a story about Ville, a twelwe-year-old boy, who receives a letter from Sirkka. Sirkka wants to meet and to kiss him.
Sirkka
2001
8.0A sensitive short film about a first kiss. It is a story about Ville, a twelwe-year-old boy, who receives a letter from Sirkka. Sirkka wants to meet and to kiss him.
Sirkka
2001
8.0A sensitive short film about a first kiss. It is a story about Ville, a twelwe-year-old boy, who receives a letter from Sirkka. Sirkka wants to meet and to kiss him.
Sirkka
2001
9.5The Diver is a hymn to diving and the aesthetics of movement. It is a dreamlike collage of movement, music and narration honouring the most beautiful sport there is. Helge Wasenius (b. 1927), The Grand Old Man of divers, is the principal character in the film, a colourful daredevil of the sport.
The Diver
2006
9.5The Diver is a hymn to diving and the aesthetics of movement. It is a dreamlike collage of movement, music and narration honouring the most beautiful sport there is. Helge Wasenius (b. 1927), The Grand Old Man of divers, is the principal character in the film, a colourful daredevil of the sport.
The Diver
2006
9.5The Diver is a hymn to diving and the aesthetics of movement. It is a dreamlike collage of movement, music and narration honouring the most beautiful sport there is. Helge Wasenius (b. 1927), The Grand Old Man of divers, is the principal character in the film, a colourful daredevil of the sport.
The Diver
2006
NRA scantily clad woman is rowing a large wooden boat with her eyes closed, when a male figure suddenly appears out of nowhere standing on his hands at the bow. Together they travel down the river under the starry sky, surrounded by a mystical landscape.
Airo
2003
NRA scantily clad woman is rowing a large wooden boat with her eyes closed, when a male figure suddenly appears out of nowhere standing on his hands at the bow. Together they travel down the river under the starry sky, surrounded by a mystical landscape.
Airo
2003
NRA scantily clad woman is rowing a large wooden boat with her eyes closed, when a male figure suddenly appears out of nowhere standing on his hands at the bow. Together they travel down the river under the starry sky, surrounded by a mystical landscape.
Airo
2003
NRA short dance film about a hard journey from the sea to the top, and back.
Hegemony
1996
NRA short dance film about a hard journey from the sea to the top, and back.
Hegemony
1996
NRDance On Thin Ice tells the story of Felix, a twelve-year-old boy who is left to spend Christmas alone while his parents travel to India. A reluctant Felix ends up as an ice cream seller at a deserted swimming stadium, where the surface of the pool has frozen solid. But the swimming stadium is not completely deserted after all. Felix meets a dark-haired refugee girl called Fakira, whose parents were killed in a bombing in Syria. A dreamlike story where two young strangers to each other, a boy and a refugee girl, meet under unusual circumstances. Together, they make the impossible possible.
Dance on Thin Ice
2017
NRDance On Thin Ice tells the story of Felix, a twelve-year-old boy who is left to spend Christmas alone while his parents travel to India. A reluctant Felix ends up as an ice cream seller at a deserted swimming stadium, where the surface of the pool has frozen solid. But the swimming stadium is not completely deserted after all. Felix meets a dark-haired refugee girl called Fakira, whose parents were killed in a bombing in Syria. A dreamlike story where two young strangers to each other, a boy and a refugee girl, meet under unusual circumstances. Together, they make the impossible possible.
Dance on Thin Ice
2017
NRKrump observes movements of a gymnast on rings. Movements are wild as the sound of a violin - just on the edge of being out of control.
Krump
2011
NRKrump observes movements of a gymnast on rings. Movements are wild as the sound of a violin - just on the edge of being out of control.
Krump
2011
NRKrump observes movements of a gymnast on rings. Movements are wild as the sound of a violin - just on the edge of being out of control.
Krump
2011
NRThe beloved comedian Simo Salminen began his career as a National Championship level diver in the 1950s. Entertainment was an integral part of his sporting life, and Salminen began performing clown dives in a clown costume to the delight of children. The short film Simo Was Here takes the now elderly Salminen back to the Helsinki Swimming Stadium and illustrates his memories of the good old days. This nostalgic work is dedicated to the memory of Salminen, who passed away in 2015.
Simo Was Here
2026
NRThe beloved comedian Simo Salminen began his career as a National Championship level diver in the 1950s. Entertainment was an integral part of his sporting life, and Salminen began performing clown dives in a clown costume to the delight of children. The short film Simo Was Here takes the now elderly Salminen back to the Helsinki Swimming Stadium and illustrates his memories of the good old days. This nostalgic work is dedicated to the memory of Salminen, who passed away in 2015.
Simo Was Here
2026
NRThe beloved comedian Simo Salminen began his career as a National Championship level diver in the 1950s. Entertainment was an integral part of his sporting life, and Salminen began performing clown dives in a clown costume to the delight of children. The short film Simo Was Here takes the now elderly Salminen back to the Helsinki Swimming Stadium and illustrates his memories of the good old days. This nostalgic work is dedicated to the memory of Salminen, who passed away in 2015.
Simo Was Here
2026
10.0Three starving fishermen encounter something unexpected on a remote island in the 1890's. A visual mystery story with horror elements.
IURIMA – A Tale of Three Fishermen
2025
10.0Three starving fishermen encounter something unexpected on a remote island in the 1890's. A visual mystery story with horror elements.
IURIMA – A Tale of Three Fishermen
2025
10.0Three starving fishermen encounter something unexpected on a remote island in the 1890's. A visual mystery story with horror elements.
IURIMA – A Tale of Three Fishermen
2025
NRA film about a man who has lost his soul. Many aboriginal tribes have believed that if someone takes a photograph of them they lose their soul.
Soul Catcher
2011
NRA film about a man who has lost his soul. Many aboriginal tribes have believed that if someone takes a photograph of them they lose their soul.
Soul Catcher
2011
NRA film about a man who has lost his soul. Many aboriginal tribes have believed that if someone takes a photograph of them they lose their soul.
Soul Catcher
2011
